QuantumScape 2025: Latest News, Solid-State Battery Breakthroughs, Financials & Outlook (June 27th, 2025)
Cobra, QuantumScape’s ceramic separator manufacturing process, was integrated into baseline production in June 2025, delivering ~25× faster heat-treatment and a dramatically smaller equipment footprint. The company’s stock surged from about $4.33 on June 24, 2025 to $7.65 on June 26, 2025, a roughly 47% year-to-date gain by mid-2025. In April 2025, QuantumScape announced a strategic collaboration with Murata Manufacturing to support high-volume production of ceramic separators using the Cobra process. Volkswagen Group’s PowerCo license to produce QuantumScape solid-state cells up to 40 GWh per year (expandable to 80 GWh) was established in mid-2024. In March 2024 QuantumScape began shipping Alpha-2
